This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

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Saturday, February 29, 2020

Born on this day
1792 -	Italian composer, Rossini, is born. [more]
Australian History
1964 -	Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100m freestyle. [more]
World History
704 -	Today is February 29th, which occurs only once every four years, in a leap year. [more]
1528 -	Patrick Hamilton becomes Scotland's first martyr for following the doctrines of Martin Luther. [more]
1784 -	John Wesley issues the "Deed of Declaration", the charter of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. [more]
1952 -	The island of Heligoland is returned to German authority. [more]

Thought For Today Arrogance causes nothing but trouble. It is wiser to ask for advice.
Proverbs 13:10 (c) GNB
What sort of fool would travel on outback roads without a map and refuse to ask for directions? People have died from such arrogance.